Religion Notes: Feb. 22

Saturday

Feb 23, 2013 at 4:00 AM

Lenten supper, service at GraceGrace Lutheran Church will host its second weekly supper and Lenten service at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. The church is at the corner of Sixth Avenue West and Blythe Street.The worship focus will be on the Christian discipline of giving, and the Rev. Greg Williams will deliver the worship message. The service will follow the Holden evening prayer liturgy.Reservations for supper are required. Call 828-693-4890.Choral evensong planned at St. James St. James Episcopal Church at 766 N. Main St. will host a choral evensong and flute recital at 5 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Joel G. Hafer officiating.The choir will sing "Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C" by Charles Stanford, Anglican chant by Joseph Barnby, and "Prayers and Responses" by Richard Ayleward. Anthems are "Lord, For Thy Tender Mercies' Sake" by Richard Farrant and "O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem" by Herbert Howells.The service will be followed by a flute recital by St. James parishioner Paul Doebler. Doebler graduated from the Juilliard School of Music with bachelor's and master's degrees in flute. In July 2008, he retired from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he was professor of flute and music theory for 33 years. He was also principal flutist of the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra and flutist with the Wisconsin Arts Quintet. In the 2009, he and his wife, Ann, moved to Hendersonville, where he continues activities in the world of music. In 2011, he presented a flute recital as part of the concert series at the First United Methodist Church in Hendersonville and last year was soloist with the Brevard Community Band at the Porter Center.Doebler will be playing sonatas by Handel and C.P.E. Bach, two Fantasias by Telemann, and the haunting "Aria for Flute & Piano" by Otar Taktakishvili. The service and recital will be followed by a candlelight reception in the Parish Hall. Call 828-694-6925 or email brad@stjamesepiscopal.com for more information.

GREENVILLE, S.C.Hobby Lobby chief to speak at Bob JonesSteve Green, president of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., will share the Hobby Lobby story at 7 p.m. Monday in the Founder's Memorial Amphitorium on the Bob Jones University campus.BJU President Stephen Jones said, "We are delighted to host Steve Green on our campus. As a Christian businessman, he has a compelling story to tell our students and the greater Greenville community about the success of Hobby Lobby."Hobby Lobby is the largest privately owned arts and crafts retailer in the world. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Hobby Lobby employs about 20,000 people and operates about 520 stores in 42 states. Hobby Lobby sales for 2012 totaled more than $3 billion.During his address, Green will also highlight the traveling exhibit of biblical antiquities titled "Passages." "Passages" contains 400 items from The Green Collection, composed of more than 40,000 biblical antiquities, and is among the world's newest and largest private collections of rare biblical texts and artifacts. "Passages" is on exhibit through March 30 at 8405 IBM Drive in Charlotte. Information and coupons to attend the exhibit will be available at the event.Green's address is free. Aglow meeting at Feed & Seed March 2The Feed & Seed at 3715 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, will host the Asheville-Hendersonville Aglow Community Lighthouse at 10 a.m. March 2.Joyce Wright, executive director of the Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center, is the March speaker. Wright is a mother, grandmother, minister, counselor, member and executive board member of the Henderson County Ministerial Association, associate chaplain for Pardee Hospital and advisory board member for Interfaith Chaplaincy Association.Five years ago, God sent her to the Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center after two of her grandchildren were lost to abortion. As a young woman, she wanted to become a doctor and "save lives for Jesus." She says God is allowing her to do this at Open Arms Crisis Pregnancy Center.Coffee and refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.openarms329.com, www.facebook.com/openarms329, or call 828-692-7572 or 828-274-8736.Sillau to speak to Compassionate FriendsThe Compassionate Friends group, now based at Grace Lutheran Church at the corner of Sixth Avenue West and Blythe Street, will host a presentation by Holly Sillau, author of "Robin's Wings," at 6:30 p.m. March 4 in Stull Hall. "Robin's Wings," written in part by Sillau's daughter Robin, who died in January 2010, is about parents overcoming the grief of losing a child. Sillau has also written "Missing Robin" and is currently working on a third book. The author is a member of Compassionate Friends, a support group to assist families after the death of a child.The meeting is open to all. Call 828-693-4061 for more information.Compiled from staff reports